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?l)lll    CONOREHS, 

1st  Sc.fsion. 


Doc.  No.  43. 


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Ho.  OF  Rnrs. 


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CHAKLES  BLLnNCH,  ET  AL.— LANDS  IN  OREGON. 


MEMORIAL 


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CHARLES  BULFLVCH,  ET  AL., 


?hnt  their  title  to  certain  tnnilx  in  the  Territory  of  Oregon  may  be  con- 

-  .j^^' ^^^l  7i!-/'<^f  -^'^  -    ^  ■■'^'    "^^: 

'  JtNL^RV    i:{,  1K40. 

Bi(((T5tC3«,  ifte  Commuiee  on  Foreign  AHturs,  - 


To  the  honorable  the  Ktnat*.  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
StaUs  of  A meriia,  in  Congress  assembled : 

The  inemoriat  of  CliarVes  Bulficich,  Sampson  V.  S.  "Wilder,  Snmue)  B.  Bar. 
rell,  Hetjry  Hatch,  William  Vernon,  Joseph  Kendrick,  and  Alfred  Ken- 
dnck, 

ResPECTILLY  BEPRESUJtTS  : 

That,  in  the  year  17ST,  a  voyage  of  enterprise  and  commerce  was  under- 
taken by  Joseph  Barrell,  Saninel  Brown,  Cliarles  Biilfinch,  John  Derby, 
(Jrowell  Hatch,  and  John  M.  Pintard,  who  despatched  two  vessels  from 
IJostou  to  the  north  ^At*t  coast  of  America — the  one  a  ship  called  the  Co- 
iiinbia,  commanded  by  John  Kendrick,  and  the  other  a  sloop  called  the 
Washington,  commanded  by  Robert  Gray — being  the  first  voyage  under- 
taken, by  citizens  of  the  Lulled  States,  to  that  portion  of  the  continent. 

The  Coliimb'a-arrntd  .-»!  Nootka  sound,  on  the  northwest  coast,  the  16th 
of  September,  l7»p.  0-:  'h*  I'nilrtW'ng  day,  the  sloop  Washington  arrived 
it  Clyoqnot,  a  harbos  sfiuiberiy  of  .\ootka  sound.  Both  vessels  continued 
>n  the  coast  until  Um  'M  Jaly,  ITb'.*,  when  they  exchanged  masters  :  Gray, 
iking  command  of  ib»  Coiamhia,  sailed  for  China,  having  previously  re- 
discovered the  strait*  o{  Juan  fk  Fiicn,  and  sailed  sixty  niiles  into  that  sea, 
trading  with  tli<-  native  on  its  islands  and  slions.  Captain  Kendrick,  in 
the  sloop  Washington,  rortiiintied  on  ihe  coast  ;  in  the  following  winter  at 
Mawinna,  in  ^')olka  swiind,  h^built  a  fort  which  he  called  Fort  Washing- 
ton, hi  the  close  of  th«!'  yeir  )79<»,  he  penetrated  the  straits  of  Juan  (le 
I'uca,  and  explored  !ts  wtiole  f^xfenf.  [';  thesumnierof  1791, he  purchased 
«it'  the  native  chiefs,  for  himseli  and  tiic  ownors,  several  extensive  tracts  of 

Sliur  &  Itive.-.  jirmUrTk- 


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Doc.  No.  43. 


^lalulj^iUialotl  ntUhoro^isl  liutwcfii  tlic  -Iklli  nVl  'ilsl  parallels  of  north  hui. 
tWc'^^ee^fraiWlsffiiThWirl^jia^fs •\vni?li'fft(()iiii)aiiy  lliis  inciiioriiil., 

Ho  left  iIh!  roast  tin"  !^'.)tli  .Si'|'lciiiH(>r,  17i)l.  for  ('liiiia,  wliere  tlici  vt.'s<<,i'i, 
its  papers,  and  a  valuable  caru'i'  i>l  lnr.s  wiTc  lo.st.  (Sijl-  Joscpli  Dorr's  afli. 
davit.) 

Tlic  CohiiulMarctiuiiril  to  Ijosion  in  IT'.'U.  'I'lio  n'turns  of  this  voyage  dis. 
appointed  the  I'xpectations  ol  iis  projectors  :  a  consideralile  loss  was  sustain-' 
ed,  so  that  a  purl  ol'i'.i'  comi'any  withdrew  from  the  (nterj)riso. 

On  thi'-JTili  .Sepli  oiImt,  IT'.K',  this  ship  set  snil  on  a  second  voyai^o  ;  and 
on  the  r)lh  .Inni'.  I7'.)l,  she  ii^'-ain  cnlereil  the  hay  of  ( 'lyoipiot.  On  the  li'.lth 
Aiiirust.  rctnnnMir  liom  a  northern  cruis(?,  he  met  in  ('lyo(|not  Captain  Ken- 
dricU,  who,  accordniij  to  (iray's  jonrnal,  wlnli^  coniin-r  np  the  coast,  liaiJ 
honsiht  ot  tiie  natives  their  landed  estates,  payiii,2f  them  iu  muskets,  iron 
copper,  i'.nd  clothinir. 

Jn  the  month  ol'Stjiti mhrr,  IT'.U,  J'aptain  firay  relnmed  to  (."lyoquotfor 
winter  (piartois.  whcif',  in  the  villayiMil  ( "leckscloeulsee,  al)ont  twelve  niilos 
from  the  sea,  he  hnilt  a  I'ort,  callinfr  ii  Iv'ort  Deliaiice,  which  lie  mounted 
witli  lour  cannon  and  supplied  with  other  munitions  oC  war.  placing  it  under 
the  command  of  a  l\Ir.  Ilaswcll.  He  likewise  at  this  place  hnilt  a  vessel  of 
tbrly  tons,  called  the  Adventurer,  the  keel  ol  which  was  laid  on  the  od  ot 
( )ctober. 

In  March,  171*-?,  he  Ict'l  to  explore  the  coast  southward,  and,  on  the  1 1th 
May  in  the  same  year,  he;  entered  the  mouth  of  a  larjre  river;  on  the  Uth, 
sailed  up  the  same  li>nrteen  miles,  and  anchored  in  a  bay  on  the  northerly 
side  of  the  river,  whicli  he  called  Cray's  hay  :  the  river  was  called  the  Co- 
lumbia, after  the  name  of  his  ship,  and  the  two  capes  at  its  entrance  he 
named  Hancock  and  Adams,  (.'aptaiu  Cln.y,  witli  the  oflicuis  and  mariners 
''  his  vessel,  landed  on  the  banks  of  this  river,  raised  the  American  flag, 

:d  took  possession  of  llie  coiiiiliy  in  tlie  iinmc  of  tlic  L'liilcd  States.  He 
continued  iu  the  river  until  the  iilst,  examining  the  country  and  trading 
witli  the  natives. 

p''roin  theunlorcsccn  delays  and  dilliculties  attending  so  new  and  remote 
jui  enterprise,  these  voyages  jjrovcd  unprofitable  to  the  projectors  ;  though 
they  subscqucLtly  witnessed  the  enterprise  of  others,  guided  by  their  exam- 
ple, and  nvidling  itself  of  their  experience,  crowned  with  complete  success. 

The  memorialists,  in  behalf  of  themselves  and  others,  heirs  of  the  original 
owners  and  heirs  of  John  Kendrick,  would  now  solicit  the  attention  of  Con- 1 
gress  to  'heir  claims  ;is  discoverers  of  the  great  river  Oregon,  and  purchasers 
of  extensive  tracts  of  land  on  the  northwest  coast ;  and  pray  that  Congre.ss  i 
would  confirm  the  Indian  deeds  of  these  purchasers,  or  otherwise  consider 
them,  as  the  importance  of  the  discoveries  and  other  beneficial  aid  to  the 
country  may  dcstrve. 

^  •  CHARI.KS  m  LFINCH, 

HENRY  HATCH, 
ALFRED  KENDRfCK, 
WILMAM  VERNON. 


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of  iiorlli  liiti.| 
nicmoriiil.) 
■e  tli(!  vcaui 
»  Dorr's  nfli. 

^  voyage  ills.  | 
was  sii.v(aiii. 

■nvn<:o  :  audi 
(.)ii  tho  L'<)ih 
'nplniii  l\oii- 
c  coast,  had  I 
iii.slc(;ts,  iron 

(Jlyoriiiol  tor 
twelve  miles 
lie  mounted 
■ing  it  under  I 
It  a  ves!<(;l  of 
on  the  UcJ  ot 

on  the  11th 
on  the  I4th, 
lie  northerly 
illed  the  Co- 
entrance  lie 
iiiU  mariners 
iiericnn  llag, 
i3iBtcs.  He 
and  tradinrr 

and  remote 
irs  ;  though 

tiieir  cxam- 
lete  success. 

the  original 
tion  of  Con- 
\  purchasers 
lat  Congress 
'ise  consider 
il  aid  to  the 

.FINCH, 

DRICK, 
{NON. 


llisUirical  remarks  on  ihc  iHsmveri/  of  the  (h'cgon  river,  and  the  pur- 
chase of  linul  on  the  northwest  coast. 

I 

Al'Slracls  from  tlie  Journals  of  Captain  Itoherl  dray  and  Cajitain  Jo- 
srjtii  In'^ruiiain. — A  voyage  of  ciiteriirise  and  coinmcrcc  was  undertaken 
111  !7ST  Ky  certain  citizens  of  nosloii,  who  despatched  two  vessels  to  the 
iMirlhwcsl  coast  of  America  ;  tlu;  one  a  ship,  called  llie  ('oliimbia,  coni- 
niaiidcd  hy  .loliii  K'ciidrick,  and  the  other  a  sloop  called  the  Washington, 
coniiiiaiid^d  liy  Jiohert  (jray.  The  ('olmnbia  arrived  at  Nootka  souud,  on 
llie  uorlhwest  coast,  the  KitJi  of  September.  1788. 

<  til  tho  fdllowiiig  day  the  sloop  Washington  arrived  at  Clyo(|iiot,  a  liarboi 
siiiulierly  of  ^lltolka  sound.  I'oth  vessels  conlinned  on  the  coast  unli!  the 
:?(!  .hily,  17S9,  when  they  exchiuiged  masters;  (iiay  taking  command  of 
the  Columbia,  sailed  for  Cliiua,  having  nreviously  rediscovered  the  straits 
of  .hian  defnca,  and  sailed  sixty  mile*  into  thai  sea,  trading  with  the 
natives  on  ils  islands  and  shores.  Captain  Kendrick,  in  the  sloop  Wash- 
ington, coutnuied  on  the  coast.       # 

In  the  following  winter,  at  Mawinna,  in  Nootka  sound,  he  built  a  fort, 
•.vhich  he  called  l-'ort  Washington.  In  the  close  of  the  year  17'.HI,  he 
penetrated  the  straits  of  .Tiuui de-l'iica,  and  explored  its  whole  extent. 

In  llie  summer  of  1791  he  purchased  ol  the  native  chiefs,  tor  himself 
and  th('  owners  of  the  vessel,  seviral  extensive  tracts  of  land  situated  on 
the  coast  between  the  17111  and  51st  parallels  of  north  latitude. 

We  left  the  coast  on  the  29th  September,  1791,  for  (Jhiim,  where,  in  1793, 
the  ves.sel,  its  papers,  and  a  valuable  cargo  of  furs,  were  lost. 

The  Columbia  returned  to  Hostou  in  1790.  The  returns  of  this  voyage 
disappointed  the  expectations  of  its  projectors.  A  considerable  loss  was 
sustained  ;  so  that  a  part  of  the  company  withdrew  from  the  enterprise. 

On  the  27th  September,  1790,  this  ship  set  sail  on  a  second  voyage ;  and 
on  the  5tli  of  .Uine,  1791,  she  again  entered  the  bay  of  Clyoijuot.  On  the 
29lh  August,  returning  from  a  northerly  cruise,  (iray  met  at  that  place 
< 'aptain  Kendrick,  who,  while  coining  up  the  coast,  had  bought  of  the  na- 
tives their  landed  estates,  paying  them  in  muskets,  iron,  cofiper,  and  cloth- 
ing, etc. 

in  ihc  mouth  of  September,  1791,  Captain  Cray  returned  to  Clyoqnot 
lor  winter  (piarlers,  where,  in  the  village  of  (Jlecksclocutsee,  about  twelve 
miles  from  tile  sea,  and  six  miles  southerly  of  the  village  Opetsitar,  the  resi- 
d<;nt  place  of  the  sovereign  chief,  Wickaniiiish,  he  built  a  Ibrt  calling  it  Fort 
nehatice,  which  Ii<^  nioimted  with  lour  pieces  of  camion,  and  siiiiidied  with 
oihiir  munitions  of  war,  placing  it  under  the  command  of  a  Mr.  Haswell. 
He  likewise  at  this  place  built  a  vessel  of  forty  tons  calbid  the  Adventurer; 
the  keel  of  which  was  laid  on  the  ;?d  of  Octolx-r.  In  March,  1792,  he  left 
this  to  explore  the  coast  southward. 

Proceeding  along  near  the  shore  he  re-entered,  on  the  7tli  May,  in  lati- 
tude 40  degrees  50  minutes  north,  a  spacious  bay  discovered  by  liiin  in  his 
former  voyage,  which  he  now  cn\h  IJulfinch  harbor. 

On  the  1  ilh  of  the  same  monlh  he  entered  the  mouth  of  a  large  river; 
oil  the  1  Ith  sailed  up  \.\\i\  same  fourteen  miles,  and  anchored  in  a  bay  on 
the  north(^rly  side  of  the  river,  which  lie  called  (irav's  bay.  The  river 
was  called  (Jolumbia,  after  the  name  of  his  ship,  and  the  tvvo  capes  at  its 
entrance  be  named  Hancock  and  Adams.  Captain  (iray,  with  the  officers 
iuid  mariners  of  his  vessel,  landed  on  the  banks  of  the  river,  raised  the 


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American  ilnp.  ixnd  took  possession  of  tlio  coiuilry  in  ilii;  n;unc  of  tlic  I  niteJ 
States.  M' continiuil  in  tlie  river  iiiiiil  ilic  ;JI,st,  cxainiuing  tliu  country 
and  trading  with  tlir  natives. 

Abstracts  from  (tnthoritivs  vientioniil  in  t/iis  (litriimenl.—  Cn\)\n\i\  Ken. 
(irick  was  killrd  on  tlu;  .Saiuiwieli  is-lands  in  1 7'.I!J,  l)y  llic  accidental  dis- 
charge of  a  cannon,  lie  Iiad  passed  two  winters  on  tlie.se  islands.  (|narleriti^r 
mostOi  the  lime  at  llie  residence  of  the  distin!,niished  Captain  Ithn  \'onn;4, 
hy  whom  Ihe  di  cds  wen;  often  seen. 

After  KeiKh'ick's  death  all  Ins  papers,  inchidiinr  tlie  deeds,  tosrclher  with 
tlic  vessel,  wen;  taken  hy  .1.  Howell,  the  rlfirk.  (o  ("iiiiia. 

Howell  wrote  hoin  Canton,  ISlay  11,  17'.*.").  informing  .1.  Uurroll,  I'^si)  ,  of 
JJoston,  e(incerniii<;  the  deeds,  iniendiiiir  no  donlit  to  retain  lliein  till  he 
could  draw  fnnn  the  owners  the  sum  of  lifty-tinn  dollars,  henitr,  as  lie  said, 
the  amount  of  e.vpenses  incurred  therelbr. 

The  particulars  of  tlie  pnrchfti.se  were  eoninninii'ated  to  certain  land 
nirenis  in  liondon,  who  in  17'.)(),  at  ilie  very  door  oi  I'arlianicnt,  and  throiiirh- 
oi't  that  kiiiirdoni,  advertised  these  Annuls  for  sale.  The  advertisements 
were  printed  in  four  diiii'ient  lan;iiia!ir<'s,  setting  forth  the  whole  extent  of 
territory  pnrchasi.d  on  the  northwest  coast  as  eoiiiprehendintr  li)nr  defrrces 
of  lalilnde,  or  two  hiindred  and  lorly  miles  sipiare.  On  these  advertise- 
ments wei(!  inipiTssinns  ol  hmh  suks  of  the  mei/lals  prepared  tor  the  In- 
dians, and  carried  out  in  the  e.xpedition. 

Mr.  Wardstroni,  who  wrote  and  piihlislied  in  London,  .about  tli(!  time 
of  the  ahovc  notice,  an  excellent  hook  on  '•  True  C'oloiii/.ation,'  sp(;aks  with 
full  conlii!"iir''  in  this  cxtt'nsi\e  jnin/i(t.\e  of  Imnfs  on  Ihe  nnrllnvcst.  roast 
1)1/  Ainirirmiy.     lie  likewise  !,;ives  in  his  work  impressions  of  the   medals. 

IJuth  Meares  and  \  aiieonver  ht  ini:  at  .\hicao  wilii  Kendriek  at  the  saim 
time,  and  in  daily  iiitricoiirye  with  him,  mtist  have  heeii  made  ac(|nainted 
"i  all  tlie  circntnstaiiees  of  thi.'so  iiicliaii  coiiveyances.  Yi^t  neither  ol' 
■  i.o.n  cared  to  (picstioii  the  validity  of  the  titles  ;  or  to  dispiile  the  ri<fht 
of  American  eilizriis  to  l)ny  lands,  with  the  consent  of  fc<paiii,  of  thi^  Indians 
(>n  the  northwesi  coast,  or  to  sell  the  same  in  tlu'  I'ritish  markets.* 

It  was  prohaMy  ((.'ared  that  a  puhlie  di.sciission  mitrlit  remind  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  I'liited  Stales  of  her  paramount  ri^dii  to  extcMid  jinisdiction 
over  the  vi  ly  northern  territory  which  l"in<rlaiid  had  just  attempted  'o  force 
"Ironi  Spain. 

It  is  stated  in  the  testimonies  ol  Ciray  and  In^rrahani  to  the  Spanish  and 
Tjiiglish  commissioners,  while  on  liie  northwest  coast,  that  the  Indian  chief, 
Maiininnah,  in  a  deed  executed  to  the  king  of  Spain,  expressly  declared 
he  had  .sold  no  lands  to  any  person,  excepting  to  Kendriek.  This  deed 
and  delaration  made  to  Senor  C-iuadra,  an  ollicf;r  in  the  .service  of  Ins 
Catholic  Majesty,  hilly  allowed  the  purchases  made  hy  the  Ameiicuns  in  a 
territory  first  discovered,  and  rightfully  claimed  hy  Spain. 

Maiininnah's  deed  to  the  king  of  Spain  was  witnes.sed  hy  Mr.  Crowell 
""''  Captain  Magee,  of  the  shi|)  Margaret. 

Jray  and  Ingraham  in  their  stuten)€nt  to  Quadra  and  Vniicouvert  Inlify 

t  only  of  liie  deed,  but  of  the  conversation  had  with  Maijuinnah  and 
otlicr  chiels. 


•  Vancouver,  in  his  2d  vol.,  p.  345,  .speaks  of  Keinlriclt's  ptiixli.ise  of  lanil  on  tlie  rioilliwesi 
coast. 
tSee  Ingr.iliam's  Journal  in  the  Stale  Deparlmenl 


Doc.  No.  43. 


5 


)f  llie  I  iiiteJ 
llic  coumry 

aptain  Ken- 
cidt'iilal  Uis- 
S  i|iiaitrriii<r 
Itliii  Vdiiii),', 

)<relli(jr  with 

r(!ll,  l']s()  ,  of 
luMii  till  lie 
I,  as  lio  said, 

'oitaiu  land 
lid  lliroii<jli- 
I'orlisuineiits 
ilo  extent  of 
l()iir  degrees 
se  adveitise- 
ibr  the  lii- 

Ut  tile  lime 
spealcs  Willi 
tliircyl.  fonut 
the  medals, 
at  the  saiiu^ 
!  acijiiaiiitcd 
•I  iii'itlior  of 
to  the  iifrlit 
till!  Indians 

>|R.* 

id  the  Gov- 
Jiiiisdiction 
|)ted  'o  loico 

■ipanish  aii(J 
ndian  chief, 
sly  declared 
This  deed 
rvice  of  his 
leiicans  in  a 

Mr.  Crowell 

iivert  tpitify 
uinnah  uiid 


the  iioilhwe.si 


AffulnvHs. 

1,  Fiheiiezer  Dorr,  of  Itoxhiuy,  in  the  ( 'oinmonwealtli  of  Mas.-acliiis(\it>, 
na[ed  seventy  SIX  years,  on  oalli  depose  and  say,  that  on  the  ITlli  Sfipiemher, 
m  the  year  IT'.MI,  I  left  Mostoii  as  Mipercar<ro  in  the  hrijr  Hope,  cominaiided 
by  (aptaiii  Joseph  inu'^rahain,  .lohii  ''mil  heiii;,'  lh(M;liief  oliicer,  and  entered 
<'lyo(inol  harbor  on  the  norihwest  coast  on  the  'Z'od  July,  17!'!,  asa|)pears 
by  my  jirivate  Journal.  In  ti;e  beifiiinini:  of  Sepleinher  in  tlu;  yoar  17'.(1, 
W(!  left  the  coast  for  (Jhiiia,  and  arrived  at  Macao  early  in  the  year  1792. 
The  briir  l.ady  VVashington,  coinmaiided  by  Ciptain  John  Keiidrick,  was 
l.iyin},^  in  l.aik's  May.  near  !\1acao. 

i  liad  a  personal  and  intimate  aciinaintance  with  Cajitain  IvendricK'.  and 
while  111  Ijarli's  Hay  was  fre(|uently  on  board  his  vessel.  In  .some  oi  my 
visits,  1  recollect  to  liavo  seen  and  ins|)ecled  and  read  .several  deeds  execu- 
ted by  Indians  on  the  northwest  coast  lo  ('aj)tain  John  lleiidnck.  I  be- 
lieve that  tlie  names  of  Maipiiniinh  and  Wickaninish  weifi  aliixed  to  sonitj 
ot  the  deeds,  and  there  were  otiier  names  and  there  were  crosses.  I  recol- 
lect that  nuisKels  and  elothiiiir  and  copper  and  knives  and  chi.sels,  and  many 
other  articles,  were  named  in  the  deeds  as  havin<r  been  paid  as  the  consider- 
ation of  said  deeds.  1  heard  Keiidrick  reiiiiirk  that  he  had  on  board  one 
thousand  j)rimc  otter  skins;  he  told  me  he  had  other  furs  of  dillereiit  iinal- 
iiies,  and  also  that  he  had  some  beaver.  I  had  considerable  conversation 
villi  him  h'om  lime  tu  lime,  relative  to  tiie  disposition  of  this  jiroperty  liir 
the  beneht  of  the  owners,  but  I  declined  having  any  tliin^f  to  di>  with  it.  In 
my  .second  voyaixe,  which  was  in  the  years  17'.ir)aiid  17'.M'),  I  was  at  Macao, 
and  It  was  the  curiciit  report  at  that  time,  that  an  l•;ll','■ii.^hlllall  by  the  lumie 
of  Howell,  after  the  accideiilal  d 'atli  of  ( 'aptaiii  Joliii  Keiidrick  at  the  Sand- 
wich Islands,  took  po.sses.sion  of  the  l.ady  \\  aslniii^rion,  her  jiapcrs  and  car- 
-■^o,  and  proceeded  wiili  them  to  .Macno.  The  vessel  was  afterward  Ol'l^l. 
away  in  the  .Straits  of  Malacca,  while  under  command  of  t^aid  Howell,  it  is 
not  known  what  disposition  was  made  of  the  car<fo. 

1  recollect  (.'aptain  Kendrick"s  s|)eakinij  tome,  of  a  certain  deed  of  a  tract 
of  land,  being  in  a  square,  taken  o(  the  Indians  by  Keiidrick  for  the  owners 
of  the  vessels  Columbia  and  W'asliiiiirton,  and  I  recollect  Ins  lelliiiir  me  what 
a  line  tract  it  way,  that  a  pile  of  stones  was  raised  up,  and  trees  marked  near 
the  head  of  iiaviiralion  of  a  river,  aiidthat  one  side  of  said  sniiaie  extended 
eiSflit  days'  journey  from  that  point  down  the  rivor,  and  that  liie  square  was 
bomided  eifflit  days"  journey  on  each  side,  one  side  of  wliicli  was  a  river. 
I  cannot  positively  say.  but  believe  I  have  seen  this  deed.  It  w  generally 
understood,  when  1  was  at  Macao  tiie  .second  voyage,  that  this  and  the  other 
deeds  were  in  the  possession  of  Howell. 

EBEiNEZl'-R  nOUR. 


ss. 


C0MMONWKAI.TH    OK    MAS.S.VCHbSKTT.S,      ^ 

Norfolk  coittiti/,  \ 

Then  personally  appeared  lihenezer  Dorr,  abovementioned,  and  made 
oath  to  the  truth  of  tlie  foregoing  statement,  by  him  signed,  according  to  the 
best  of  his  knowledge  and  bcliel^  before  me. 

JOHN  J.  CLARK, 
Justice  of  tlie  F'eace. 
KoxiiuRY,  November  16, 1839. 


i 


/f 


.-»X    if* 


€ 


Doc.  No.  43. 


\L 


i,  Joliii  ('rnfi,  of  nosloii,  in  the  (Jomnioiiwcalili  of  Mnssacliiisntts,  npo.d 
scvfiity-oiic  yi!»rs,  on  oath  dciiDNO  atul  say,  lliat  in  Sriitcnilicr  of  IIk;  year 
IT'.tO,  I  sailed  as  cliicf  ofliciT  u\  llio  liriir  llopc,  <  unmiandcd  liy  ("aptiiiii  .!(«. 
so[ili  lni.'rahain,  on  a  Iradinif  voya'/i-  to  iIm'  norlliwcsl  coast.  wIrto  .she  iirri- 
vi'd  ni  tlif:  latter  jiarl  of  Jinie,  IT'.U.  \\i'  left  the  norlliucst  enast  in 
Ortolicr  or  \oveinl)iT  follow niir.  (iir  l!i"  .Saiidwicli  islands.  'I'licnee  we 
NuiU'd  (or  Macno,  where  we  arrived  soinetinio  in  January,  17'.('-J,  to  tlio  liest 
of  my  reoolleclion,  and  found  Canlaiii  .lulin  Kdidriciv  in  the  iiri<4  l.ady 
WashiiiLTton,  layiiiir  in  l,nrk"s  I'.iiy,  alMitit  live  lea^nies  I'roni  Marao.  Alter 
l)eiiii:  alioiii  a  nioiilli  and  a  hall  in  the  h.iy,  I  went  ahoard  Keinlnek's  ves- 
sel, ilie  l.ady  W'a.'^hiiiirtoii,  as  eliirl  oiUccr,  where  I  conliniicfl  alxnit  snvrn 
jnonllis.  While  on  hoard  the  Lady  AVashinifioii,  1  .'aw  a  niiniher  of  deeds, 
e.xi'ciited  liy  Indians  on  the  norilnvest  roast,  to  (,'aplaiii  .lohii  Kendrick. 
1  reuienilii^r  the  names  of  MM(|uiiiiiali  and  W  lekaninish  to  some  of  tlie  dee<ls, 
and  there  weie  sevend  other  nann's ;  smd  I  ii'ciilhcl  crosses  or  marks  oppo. 
site  to  the  names.  I  recollect  the  names  anil  was  personally  actpiaiotcd 
with  several  of  the  witnesses  of  tiie  deeds,  to  wit  :  -John  W  illiams,  chief 
ollicer  of  the  Lady  Washinirlon  ;  John  f'edman  the  seeoiid  odicer  :^)ohii 
JSloddart,  ('a|ilam's  clerk  :  William  IJosvell,  the  third  ollicer ;  'I'homas  l-'os- 
ter,  carpenter:  John  Karher,  llu?  hlacksmith  :  Jami's  Crawford,  minner; 
"William  Uowles,  .sailmaker ;  (said  Howies  afterward  married  my  sister;) 
Koh(!rt  (Jrcen,  cooper ;  and  Joliii  Porter,  carpenter's  mate.  I  had  tlic  deeds 
ill  my  own  hand  several  times,  1  read  the  deeds,  anil  recollect  tlie  consid- 
eration iiamed  in  the  deeds  consisted  of  muskets,  cloth,  and  ariieles  of  trade. 

J(»II.\  CJUII'T. 

Witness ; 

M.    CUIKT. 


.«. 


< 'l'!."   ONWEAI.Tll   OF  M  A.x.S  ACH  CSKTT.s, 

iS'iiJfol/c  county, 

Tlien  personally  appeared  iJie   ahovenarned   John  (Jrnft,  and  made  oath 
that  tlie  foregoinif  statement  by  him  signed  is  true,  heforc  me. 


NOVE.MBKR  18.   1839. 


Ci.  S.  HllLFlNCH, 
Justice  of  the  Peace. 


iiosroN,  (ktohnr  30,  1838. 

Samuel  Yendell,  of  the  city  of  Hoston,  in  liie  ComiTionwcalth  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, as^ed  sixty-niim  years,  does  on  oat'i,  tes'ify  and  declare,  that,  ia 
the  years  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  himdred  and  ninety  one,  and 
one  thon.saiid  seven  iumdred  and  ninety-two,  I  k-ji\h  on  hoard  the  ship('o- 
liimhia,  Captain  Robert  Ciray,  in  a  voyj.^'o  to  tlie  northwest  coast.  While 
at  Clyoipiot,  on  that  coa'^^t.  ill  the  village  Wickaninisli,  I  heard  it  often  said, 
that  the  Indian  chief  Wickauiiiish  had  sold  to  C.iptain  John  Kendrick  his 
territory. 

It  was  a  current  report  that  said  Kendrick  had  paid  said  Wickaninisli, 
in  sr'iHs,  elothiiiir,  copper,  (these  are  all  the  things  I  recollect,)  for  tlie  land.=; 
purcliased  as  aforesaid. 

Also,  F  testify  that,  in  May,  1792,  1  was  wiili  Captain  Ilohcrt  flray, 
in  the  ship  Columbia,  at  which  time  said  ship  ciiten d  tin;  Colutiihia  river. 

SAMUEL  YENDELL. 

Witness  to  signature  : 

CiiARLiis  A,  Yendell. 


■  iiw  «ni».  yinm  i^^.Hi 


isntts,  npn(i 
>l'  tlu!  year 
'iiptiiiii  .!(«■ 
IT  ^lir  arri- 
4  coast  in 
'lioiici!  we 

to    llin     l}('St 

lirii(  I/idy 
'Hd.  Alter 
Irick's  vfK- 
lidiit  spvcii 
r  of  deeds, 

Keudrick. 
('  tlif!  deeds, 
larks  oppo. 
ar(|iininlcd 
liims.  cliiel 
icer  :^Ioliii 
lomas  l-'os- 
I,  jfiinnor; 
my  sisior ;) 
(1  the  deeds 
iIk!  coiisid- 
es  of  trade. 
JKIM'T. 


nindc  oath 

n<:;m, 

c  Peace. 


!(),  1838. 

1  ol  Mas- 
re,  that,  in 

y  one,  and 
i;.'  sliip  Co- 
st.    Wlnlu 

often  said, 

ndrick  his 

cl«aninish, 
r  the  lands 

icrt  flray, 
ibia  river. 


Doc.  No.  43.  7 

r0MM0N\Vi;AI  Til   Ol'  MA.-iSA<.III  SKTT.S,   f 

ISiiffulIc  ainiily,  \  '^'  ■ 

•Sworn  to,  hy  tlie  snid  .Sniiiliel  Veiideil,  before  me. 

«.  \\.  .Si;\\  ALL,  Jumicn  of  III':  Peaca. 
NovtcMiiKii  I,  18HK 


Morton,  n,:l,)h,r 'M,  183H. 

.lames  Treinere,  of  the  eily  of  I'osIom.  m  the  ( 'omnionweahli  of  Massn- 
chnsells,  a^M'd  sev(Milys<'veii  year*-,  does  on  o;ilh.  lestify  and  declare,  tliat  m 
(he  year  of  our  l.oni  one  tlioiisand  t-eveii  hunched  and  I'lu^lity-nine,  1  was 
(HI  hiiard  the  ship  Jcllersuii.  (.'ajiiaui  lit. h' its,  wiui  h  .'ailed  fniiii  I'oston,  m 
Novemher  of  that  year,  on  a  voyaic  t'»  the'  iioithw  e.'-t  enasi  df  .\iiierica,  and 
that  while  in  Nootka  soiinJ,  I  saw  there  the  sloop  Washiiiirton,  eonimand- 
i\  hv  lohii  l\<  ndrick,  and  that  I  went  on  hoard  the  said  Washiii:,r|<in,  and 
recollect  that,  wlnlt^  I  was  on  hoard,  I  saw  on  the  deek  ol  sanl  sloop,  the  In- 
■liifti  ciiiel  Mai|Uiiinah,  and  other  duels,  iiiakiii^r  sale  <if  hnuN  to  the  said 
('aplain  John  KiMidriek.  I  likewi.se  saw  .Maipiinnah  ^o  ii|i  lo  tlie  inastliead, 
;\ud  point  to  distant  parts  of  the  territory,  n|)parently  with  the  intention  of 
<;ivinfi  pos.s(!s.sion,  and  he  did  tjive  possession,  The  atbresaid  sale;  ol  territo- 
ry was  made  in  the  year  17U1,  as  near  as   I   can   recollect.     The  .Span- 


iards had  left   Nootka  sound,   ahoiit  two  months  hefore  this 


..lie 


the  lort 


wlueii  the  Spaiiiard.s  had  huilt,  iiad    liie  ap|)earaiice  ol'  haviiii,'  inouiitcd. 
twenty  guns,  which  a  71-gnn  ship  Lehjn^in^  to  the  .'Spaniards  carried  away. 


.IAMi;s  TKL.MKKI':,  \m  \  mark. 


Wilnoss : 


|{.  U.  TiiEMEtti: 


(JOM.MONWKAI.TII    oF  M  A.SS.\(  IHSKT'l'S,   ) 


f^        -~^ 


iSii(f'oUc  county, 


ss. 


Sworn  to,  by  tiie  said  James  Trenierc.  before  me. 

8,  !•:.  isEWALL,  Jmtke  of  the  Peace. 
November  1.  183S. 


Certificate  of  John  Yuun^.  E<>q. 

TO    WHOM    IT    MAY    <  ONCEBN. 

r,  the  subscriber,  in  the  year  1789,  commenced  a  residence  on  tho 
Sandwich  island.  Afterward,  in  Keaiakekn,  on  the  island  of  Hawaii,  I 
became  accjuainted  with  Captain  .!nhn  iC,  ndrick,  who  commanded  the 
schooner  VVashington,  from  IJoston,  Massachusetts,  he  having  passed  sever- 
al winters  at  the  above  island.  I  heard  Captain  Kimdrick  oi'ten  speak  of 
the  purchases  of  lands  which,  he  said,  lie  had  made  from  Indian  ciiiefs  on 
the  northwest  coast.  1  I'rcquently  saw  deeds  in  his  possession,  signed  by 
chiefs  who,  at  that  time,  lived  at  and  south  of  ISoolka  sound,  and  witnessed 
by  men,  belonging  lo  his  vessel,  of  whom  1  bad  some  knowledge.  Among 
the  chiefs  who.^e  marks  were  made  to  t.ic  deeds,  1  disliiictly  recollect  the 
names  of  Ma'j,uinnah  and  Wickaniuish, 


8 


Doc.  No.  43. 


I  lind  nuicli  mtiinatr  nrqiiainlniiro  willi  Cnptain  Kfiidri'-k,  nnel  believed 
lutnlo  he  a  man  of  strict  vcracHs'.  I  liad  no  reason  to  doulit  Ins  liavinijnmdo 
the  almvc  pnrchasos,  and  his  haviiiff  p.iid,  as  ho  rcprt'senlcd,  ii  ronsidcra- 
lioii  at  that  linic,  salisfuctdry  to  the  chiefs  who  had  ^jivni  the  deeds, 

JOHN   VUUN(i. 

ToWMiiAi,  Hawaii,  June  20,  18Ur>, 

.Signed  in  Ihe  presence  of — 

IIkniiv  a.  1*1  Kite  r;,  Uoston,  MassarhiiseUs,  ^    ,^, 

11  M.I,  J.   Kkm-kv. 

'Bfl 

r  •%. 

Thr  fnltotriiii^  are  crliads  fruni  biters  of  J.  Hmrcll,  clerk,  to  Caplaih 
Kindrivk,  addreamjd,  uft<r  Kcndi  icii'.-t  diotli,  to  Josc/ih  liurrcU,  Ksq. 

Canton,  Mat/  11,  17*.>5. — The  doeds  ol  th<;  lands  pnrcliased  on  thn 
northwest  coast,  are  in  my  possession.  I  shall  leave  tlioin  here,  to  he  for- 
warded hy  the  first  vessel  of  tlie  season  for  Hoston.  Slionid  yon  have  iiti 
opportunity  of  acknowlcdumr;  the  receipt  of  tins  letter,  or  wish  to  give  iiie 
any  directions  concernni}:  llie  snhjcet,  yoii  had  \\o.l'-,r  direct  to  me,  to  the 
care  of  James  M.  Hosma,  lixj.,  of  the  Dutch  <Jom|mny,  Canton  or  Macao. 

Macao,  Deevmbcr  2'.{,  17%. — Your  deeds  are  reijistered  here  hy  n  notary 
ptlblic.  Triplicates  nr«  made.  The  ori<;inals  are  now  transmitted,  nnd 
the  nuihenticated  copies  shall  follow  hy  suhseijiient  conveyances.  1  shall 
then  draw  on  yon  for  tifiy-four  dollars,  being  tlie  amount  of  expenses  in- 
curred tlierefor. 

Ihcemher  6,  1797,  (on  the  same  sheet.)— Mr.  Davis,  the  bearer  of  this 
lettrr,  will  inform  you,  tliat  by  llie  miscarriage  of  a  letter,  the  pnpers  men- 
*'  7  on  the  other  side,  were  not  brought  here,  und,  tlierefore,  cunnot  be 
i.  ...  led  until  the  next  opportunity. 

Manilla,  May  2S,  1798.— I  have  not  been  in  Canton  since  I  wrote  you 
last  Jtinuary  was  a  twelve  nionlh  ;  but  as  I  am  in  daily  expectation  of  my 
papers,  and  among  them  the  deeds  of  the  lands  on  the  northwest  coast, 
you  siiall  certainly  iiave  them  transmitted. 


I'ORT    l.NOF.I'ENnENCR, 

Island  of  Kiii^'-Kong,  March  1,  1793. 
Sir  :  I  liavc  the  honor  of  enclosing  to  you  the  copies  of  several  deeds,  by 
•which  tracts  of  land,  therein  dcscrib«!d,  situated  on  islands  on  the  north- 
west coast  of  America,  have  been  conveyed  to  me  and  my  heirs  for  ever, 
by  the  resident  chiefs  of  those  districts,  who,  1  piesume,  were  the  only  just 
proprietors  thereof'.  I  Know  not  what  measures  are  necessary  to  bo  taken 
to  secure  the  priijwiy  of  these  purchases  to  me,  and  the  ffovf^nrmenl  l/iere- 
of  to  the  United  folates ;  but  it  cannot  be  amiss  to  transmit  them  to  yon,, 
to  remain  in  the  office  of  the  Department  of  State.  My  claim  tu  tiiese  ter- 
ritories has  been  allowed  by  the  Spanish  crown,  for  the  purchases  1  made 
at  Nootka  were  expressly  excepted  in  a  deed  of  conveyance  of  the  lands  ad- 
jacent to  and  surrounding  Nootka  sound,  executed  in  September  last  to  El 
Senor  Don  Juan  Francisco  de  la  l{»)dega  y  Quadra,  on  behalf  of  his  Catholic 
Majesty,  by  Mmpiiiinuli,  and  the  other  chiefs  of  his  tribe,  to  whom  fhoso 
lands  belonged. 


Doc.  No.  43.  9 

VVIu'ii  1  iniitio  llieso  piirchnscs,  1  did  it  imdrr  nii  irnprfsMon  that  it  would 
recoivi!  tim  sanction  ol  the  I  iiitcd  .Slatts,  and  that,  .should  uii  art  n(  tlu;  1,«). 
jjislatiin?  III!  iiorcssary  to  sfcnri!  tlioni  to  inr,  I  slionld  lind  no  diliiciiliy  in 
olitaiiiinj:  It.  Tin!  Iiiturti  (•(Unini'ifial  advaiila^^'cs  which  may  arM-  Iroiii 
tin*  Inr  trade,  hrsidrs  many  oIIht  hranchcfs,  wliicli  an;  daily  o|i(!iiiMt,'  lo  iIkj 
views  ol  tlios(' who  visit  III'.'  iioilliwi'st  American  roast,  may  jM'iliaps  ron- 
dur  (I  si'ltlomi'iil  lIuTi!  worthy  tin;  alteiition  of  soin<!  associated  roinpmiy  im- 
der  the  |)roI('ctioii  of  ( Jovcriiini'iit.  .Should  this  he  the  rase,  the  possession 
of  lands  pii'vionsly  and  so  fairly  aeipiired,  would  iiiiich  assist  tli  iiirryiiii,' 
ihi;  plan  iiiti>  elfect.  Many  trood  purposes  may  he  elleclcd  hyihe  Union 
li..vini^  possessions  on  the  coast,  winch  I  shall  not  pH'Mitne,  sir,  to  point  out 
to  yon  ;  luid  the  heiK^lits  which  have  accrued  to  iii(hvidiials  hy  similar  pur- 
chases  to  those  |  have  iiiudc,  in  onr  own  .States,  an;  too  well  known,  to 
need  a  remark. 

I  liuvo  the  lionor  lo  ije,  &,c., 


lion.  Thomas  .Ii;ki  kkson, 

liivcretary  of  Stdte. 


JOHN  KHMMUCK. 


TllK    DI^SCKII'TIVK    I'AK'l.S    OK    TIIK    OKEDJ. 


Deed  to  John  Kcmlrlck,  July  20, 1701. 

A  ccrtnin  harbor  in  said  Nootka  snnnd,  called  Chii.stactuo.f,  in  which 
the  hri{(nntine  l.ndy  Washington  lay  at  anchor  on  lhc2()lli  July,  IT'.tl,  willi 
(ill  the  land,  rivers,  creeks,  hnrhor.s,  islands,  (!tc.,  witliin  nine  miles  north, 
east,  west,  and  sonth  of  said  liarhor,  with  all  the  produce  of  holh  sea  and 
land  appertaininjtf  thereto  :  Only  tiiosaid  J.  Kendrick  docs  grant  and  uliow 
thesaid  Maquiuiiah  to  Ijvejmfljish  on  the  said  territory  us  usual.  The 
abovenamcd  territory  known  b^TTieTiidian  name  Cliastactoos,  but  ::ovv  by 
the  name  ol  Safe  Retreat  Harbor. 

MAUL'NNAH, 

WAROLASMAN, 

HANNOPKi:, 

CLOPHANANISH, 

TOOTOOCHKETTICliS, 

CLACKOEENEK, 

Witnesses, — John  Williams,  John  Redman,  Wni.  Koweil,  Jno.  Stoddart, 
Thos.  Foster,  John  Barber,  James  Crawford  Charles  Pymm,  FloreiicB 
McCarty,  Wm.  Bowles,  Jno.  Maud,  jr.,  Robert  Green,  Jno.  Porter. 

A  true  copy  from  the  original  deed. 

Attest:  J.HOWELL. 

toecd  to  the  same,  August  5,  1791. 

A  certain  harbor  in  said  Ahasset,  called  by  the  natives  Chenerhintan^ 

in  which  the  brig  Lady  Washington  lay  at  anchor,  \\\\i.  .'>,  1791,  which 

is  situated  in   latitude  49'^' TjO'  north  and  longitude  127"  8'  west  on   the 

north  side  of  the  sound  Ahasiet,  being  a  territorial  distance  of  eisrhtcen 

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miles  square,  of  which  the  Imrbor  of  Chcnerkintan  is  the  centre,  with  all  | 
the  lands,  minerals,  (fee,  (as  in  former  deed.) 


Witnesses  as  before. 


NORY-YOLK,  his  x  mark. 

APPL'LS,  his  X  mark. 

KISSUI.KS,  his  x  mark. 

\  HAW-WII-T-PAHSl'.M,  his  x  mark. 


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Signtd  by  Nory-Youk,  for  his  son. 


Deed  to  t he  same,  August  r>,  1  ?'.♦!. 

A  certain  harbor  in  New  ("battel,  called  \<y  the  natives  Ilool-seccss,  but 
now  called  Port  Montgomery,  in  which  the  brig  Lady  Washington  lay  at 
anchor,  Angnst  2,  17'.»1,  and  is  situated  in  latitude  49  "  4(3'  north,  and 
longitude  127'  2'  west,  on  the  south  side  of  the  sound  of  Ahasset.  now 
called  Massachusetts  sound,  being  a  territorial  distance  of  eighteen  miles 
square,  of  which  the  harbor  of  Hoot-seeess,  alias  Port  Montgomery,  is  the 
centre  ;  with  all  the  lauds.  tVc. 

'rAK.ASSO.N,  liis  x  mark.     [l.  s. 

(  WASCAMMMIS,    his  x  mark.     [l.  s.^ 
}      SiL'ncd  liy  Tarasson,  for  his  first  son'. 
UI:ATAN.  her  x  mark.     [l.  s.] 

^  CLAKISHUPPA,    his  X  mark.     fi,.  s.j 
(  Signed  by  Tarasson,  for  his  .second  son. 
Witnesses  as  above. 


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Deed  to  John  Kendrick,  August  6,  1791. 

The  head  of  Nootka  sound,  called  by  the  natives  Tashees,  being  a 
territorial  distance  on  an  east  and  west  line  from  the  mouth  of  the  straits 
which  lead  to  Ahasset  sound,  now  called  Massachusetts  sound,  with  the  | 
land  nine  miles  round  said  Tashees,  together  with  all  mines,  <kc. 

CAARSHLiCOR.NOOK,    his  x  mark.     [l.  s.ll 
HANNOPEE. 
Witnesses  as  above. 


Deed  to  the  same,  August  11.  1791. 

A  territorial  distance  of  eighteen  miles  north,  eighteen  miles  southJ 
eighteen  miles  cast,  and  eighteen  miles  west,  of  the  village  called  by  thcj 
natives  Opisitar,  which  village  is  to  be  the  centre  of  the  said  territorial! 
distance,  with  .ill  the  lands,  iSic.  ;  Opisilar  Ijeing  in  latitude  49°  10',| 
longitude  120'-  2 .     The  above  territory  known  by  the  name  of  Clyoquot. 

WICKA.MMSH,  his  x  mark.     ' 

TOUTISCOZETTLE,       his  x  mark 
YEASSLUAR,  his  x  mark. 

T00T(JUCI1EETT1CL'S,  his  x  mark. 
YEKGIJN,  his  x  mark. 

11YCREGU1.S.  his  x  mark. 

Witnusscd  and  cerDlied  as  above,  in  lir^t  deed, 


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II 


Kendrick's   Tcrrilonj,  situate  in  and  about  r^ootka  sound,  and  Clyo- 

i/uot,  ^c. 

The  first,  18  miles  S(Hinrn.     Tlie  liarhor  of  Chastactoos  being  the  centre 

.or  "n,^''""'^',  1^  ""'««  ^'l"''^ffi'     '^''if'  harhor  of  Chencrkintan,  latitude 
49"^  ;)()  being  the  ccMtre. 

The  third,  IS  i.iiles  s.jiiarc.  The  harbor  of  Jlool-sce-css,  latitude  49<= 
4b  being  the  centre. 

Tholburth  all  the  lands  encompassed  by  a  circle  whose  diameter  is* 
1»  miles.      1  lie  villagt;  of  7«,r//w.v  bijing  tfie  centre. 

The  fifth,  30  miles  sqiinre.     The  villaire  Opisilar  beintr  the  centre 

I  he  compnny'.s  territory  embraced  all  Quadra's  island  not  sold  to 
Kendrick,  or  the  king  ol  Spain,  and  likewis,;  the  possessions  of  Tdtootche 
and  other  chiefs  on  the  coast,  extending  as  far  .south  as  the  47th  parallel 
ot  latitude,  lhe.se  lands,  embracing  about  four  degrees  of  latitude,  are 
bounded  on  the  cast  by  the  wh<.le  extent  of  the  westerly  shores  of  the 
uortjiern  and  soulhcrii  arms  of  I)e  Fuca  straits. 


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